1988 MLB Draft Summary - The Baseball Cube

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year	rnd	ovrl	player	drafting team	d-pos	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	source	school
1988	1	1	Andy Benes	San Diego Padres	P	P	6-6	245	R	R	1967-08-20	Evansville,IN	MLB	1989-2002	1986-2002	College	Evansville
1988	1	2	Mark Lewis	Cleveland Indians	SS	2B-3B	6-1	190	R	R	1969-11-30	Hamilton,OH	MLB	1991-2001	1988-2007	HS	Hamilton (Hamilton,OH)
1988	1	3	Steve Avery	Atlanta Braves	P	P	6-4	205	L	L	1970-04-14	Trenton,MI	MLB	1990-2003	1988-2003	HS	John F. Kennedy (Taylor,MI)
1988	1	4	Gregg Olson	Baltimore Orioles	P	P	6-4	210	R	R	1966-10-11	Scribner,NE	MLB	1988-2001	1986-2001	College	Auburn
1988	1	5	Bill Bene	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	P	6-4	200	R	R	1967-11-21	Long Beach,CA	AAA		1988-1997	College	Cal State Los Angeles
1988	1	6	Monty Fariss	Texas Rangers	SS	LF-2B	6-4	180	R	R	1967-10-13	Cordell,OK	MLB	1991-1993	1986-1995	College	Oklahoma State
1988	1	7	Willie Ansley	Houston Astros	OF	OF	6-2	200	R	R	1969-12-15	Dallas,TX	AAA		1989-1995	HS	Plainview (Plainview,TX)
1988	1	8	Jim Abbott	California Angels	P	P	6-3	210	L	L	1967-09-19	Flint,MI	MLB	1989-1999	1986-1999	College	Michigan
1988	1	9	Ty Griffin	Chicago Cubs	2B	SS	6-0	180	B	R	1967-09-05	Fort Campbell,KY	AA		1986-1997	College	Georgia Tech
1988	1	10	Robin Ventura	Chicago White Sox	3B	3B	6-1	200	L	R	1967-07-14	Santa Maria,CA	MLB	1989-2004	1986-2004	College	Oklahoma State
1988	1	11	Pat Combs	Philadelphia Phillies	P	P	6-3	200	L	L	1966-10-29	Newport,RI	MLB	1989-1992	1989-1995	College	Baylor
1988	1	12	Tom Fischer	Boston Red Sox	P	P	5-11	195	L	L	1967-03-23	Madison,WI	AAA		1988-1996	College	Wisconsin
1988	1	13	Austin Manahan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	SS	6-1	185	B	R	1970-04-12	Elizabeth,NJ	AA		1988-1995	HS	Horizon (Scottsdale,AZ)
1988	1	14	Tino Martinez	Seattle Mariners	1B	1B	6-2	230	L	R	1967-12-07	Tampa,FL	MLB	1990-2005	1989-2005	College	Tampa
1988	1	15	Royce Clayton	San Francisco Giants	SS	SS	6-0	200	R	R	1970-01-02	Burbank,CA	MLB	1991-2007	1988-2007	HS	St. Bernard (Playa del Ray,CA)
1988	1	16	Stan Royer	Oakland Athletics	C-3B	3B-1B	6-3	195	R	R	1967-08-31	Olney,IL	MLB	1991-1994	1986-1994	College	Eastern Illinois
1988	1	17	Charles Nagy	Cleveland Indians	P	P	6-3	200	L	R	1967-05-05	Bridgeport,CT	MLB	1990-2003	1987-2003	College	Connecticut
1988	1	18	Hugh Walker	Kansas City Royals	OF	OF	6-0	207	L	R	1970-02-09	Jacksonville,AR	AA		1988-1997	HS	Jacksonville (Jacksonville,AR)
1988	1	19	David Wainhouse	Montreal Expos	P	P	6-2	190	L	R	1967-11-07	Toronto,ON	MLB	1991-2000	1986-2001	College	Washington State
1988	1	20	Johnny Ard	Minnesota Twins	P	P	6-5	220	R	R	1967-06-01	Las Vegas,NV	AAA		1988-1996	College	St Col of FL
1988	1	21	Dave Proctor	New York Mets	P	P	6-3	195	L	R	1968-03-17	Topeka,KS	AA		1988-1992	College	Allen County CC
1988	1	22	John Ericks	St. Louis Cardinals	P	P	6-7	220	R	R	1967-06-16	Tinley Park,IL	MLB	1995-1997	1986-1997	College	Illinois
1988	1	23	Brad DuVall	St. Louis Cardinals	P	P	6-0	180	R	R	1966-05-17	Silver Spring,MD	A+		1987-1990	College	Virginia Tech
1988	1	24	Alex Fernandez	Milwaukee Brewers	P	P	6-1	235	R	R	1969-08-13	Miami Beach,FL	MLB	1990-2000	1989-2000	HS	Monsignor Edward Pace (Miami,FL)
1988	1	25	Ed Sprague	Toronto Blue Jays	3B-C	3B	6-2	205	R	R	1967-07-25	Castro Valley,CA	MLB	1991-2001	1986-2002	College	Stanford
1988	1	26	Rico Brogna	Detroit Tigers	1B-P	1B	6-2	205	L	L	1970-04-18	Turners Falls,MA	MLB	1992-2001	1988-2001	HS	Watertown (Watertown,CT)
1988	1	27	Jeff Mutis	Cleveland Indians	P	P	6-2	185	L	L	1966-12-20	Allentown,PA	MLB	1991-1994	1986-1997	College	Lafayette College
1988	1	28	Ted Wood	San Francisco Giants	OF	RF-LF	6-2	178	L	L	1967-01-04	Mansfield,OH	MLB	1991-1993	1986-1995	College	New Orleans
1988	1	29	Brian Jordan	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	RF-LF	6-1	225	R	R	1967-03-29	Baltimore,MD	MLB	1992-2006	1986-2006	College	Richmond
1988	1	30	Ricky Gutierrez	Baltimore Orioles	SS	SS	6-1	195	R	R	1970-05-23	Miami,FL	MLB	1993-2004	1988-2006	HS	American Senior (Hialeah,FL)
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First round picks include both team-assigned picks from original draft order PLUS compensation picks from competitive balance system or loss of free agents. These 'sandwich' picks are typically considered to be between rounds, however TBC has classified them only with the numeric portion of the round name (1 instead of 1C)

Players are listed with 2 positions. Draft Position (d-pos) is the listed position at the time of the draft whereas position (pos) is current.